Let’s Hear It For the 2018 Indie Games Festival Finalists!

January’s here and you know what that means: speedrunning marathon charity, Awesome Games Done Quick! Oh, and IGF finalists. Which is what this article is all about, much as I absolutely love Games Done Quick. So… unsurprisingly, like last time, we’ve got at a mix of well-known titles and ones I feel I should be more familiar with than I am. Huh. What a groovy assortment, though.

But first things first, because facts are important: IGF 2018 will take place from March 21st through March 23rd, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, during the ever-awesome Game Developers Conference (GDC). On top of that… all finalists will be playable during GDC. Best be quick about it too, as the list of those who made the cut totals thirty-four (up from last year’s thirty!) and one can only do so much over the course of seventy-two hours.

This time around, my metaphorical money’s on West of Loathing, because games set in the wild west are much too rare, and the interactive fiction-y Don’t Make Love. Will either pick up one or more awards, come March? I don’t know! Give me a time machine and I’ll let ya know, but failing that, we’ll just have to wait and see. Either way, best of luck to those who made the cut, and may the best indie games win!